The Four Main Theorists (functionalists)

A macro sociolgists approach,soceity is seen as socail system consiting of parts functioning as one

Functionalsit see society as a living organims or mechanism. change within one part will have effects on other parts

Functionalsit be;live in norms and values of society and collective consnsus or shared values and norms behind people together.

soceity parts such as family,education,religion and media all strive to reinforce social norms and values

Evaualtions

(+) Suggest a link between socail instiutions purpose

(-) places to much emphasis on hamony and fails to take into account competing power intrests e.g. class system (marixists)

(+) it helps us to understand socail rituals such as religion (consensus collective)

(-) They percivee all change as evoultionary why it may be result of something else (class)

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The Four Main Theorists (femminsits)

Femminists:

gender relations aree based on power and economic ineqaulties

gender roles are social constuctured (priamry and secondary socailisation)

preivosly socailiolgy was malestream and ignored women in its theories

types of femminism: Liberal:foucs on inequalities within education,family and work sphere. in focus on equal oppurtunities marxist: focus on ineqauites of women that arixse within cpatilism. they focus on dual labour theory and domesitc labor debates. Radical:emphaiss on patrchical system (male rule) and sexual politics on womena nd chidlren.Domestic violence is seen as a manifestation of partirachy.Some radical femminsts prompt the idea of female single sex couples as a speration from males all together. Black: focus on gender ineqaulties as form of racism postmodern: challenges the aerlier assumptions around gender identity as it sees indviduals benefiting from a range of female and male idnetities.